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The smart phone industry as a whole is a unique one in that most often competitors are also partners. In the case of Samsung and Apple, on a commercial level they each have their own line of smart phones aimed at consumers. They also compete on technology levels and are currently in several litigations around patent infringement and other legal issues. It's amazing to see that despite all the issues between the two companies, they can continue to do business with each other.

In addition to being competitors, Samsung and Apple are also partners on several levels. Much of the inner workings of an unlocked iPhone are components manufactured by the major mobile companies in the world including Samsung, LG, and others.

A recent news release is speculating that the Samsung Quad-Core A6 Chip will be the processor of choice used in the next iPhone release scheduled for the summer of 2012. Apparently Apple is inquiring about the availability of the chip and the timeline in which they can secure them in preparation for the next version of their phone. This is perhaps another indication of how well Samsung is doing in the development of technology area of the industry. For their main competitor of the unlocked Samsung Galaxy S II, Apple to decide to use Samsung as their main chip provider shows that they are a leader in the space.

Samsung Quad-Core A6 Chip

As the year round off and the data starts to come in terms of sales, it is believed that Apple will be Samsungs biggest overseas client accounting for over 8 billion in sales of its components including liquid crystal displays and memory chips. As a news release I'm sure Apple wishes this type information was not made public as it only boosts the Samsung brand and puts them more to the forefront in terms of being a serious competitor to Apple.

The music industry has been one of those areas where the introduction of the Internet posed a serious issue to how the entire industry works. Gone is the traditional way of distributing music and the problem becomes how do we sell music online in a way that is fair to everyone involved. For years websites have been popping up trying to figure out how to effectively do this.

For the last few years Spotify has been building their business on the premise that free ad supported music model with unlocked iphone 4 is one that can be successful. In addition to free, users have the ability to pay for a premium service without any ads. The big challenge for Spotify has been how to effectively enter the US marketplace without disrupting the major record labels. In July of this year they officially launched in the US and the initial data has come in relating to their growth.

An unconfirmed source suggests that Spotify now has over 250,000 clients in the US alone. Worldwide Spotify is reported to have over 2 million paid subscribers. If the reports are accurate, it suggests the Spotify will continue to grow and be a major player for music distribution and consumption here in the US.

Much of their early success can be contributed to their recent partnership with Facebook. Opening up access to Facebook's 700 million+ users provides an ideal environment to push this type of service. This is another example of how the power of Facebook and be use to have a significant impact on their partners and an industry as a whole. We will continue to see similar partnerships; Spotify will continue its growth and most likely be the top subscription-based music service online. They also recently announced that their service is now being offered on the Boxee hardware device.

The recent passing of Steve Jobs has to be seen as not only a loss for Apple, but also for innovation in general. Steve Jobs is responsible for many areas of technology that are now considered normal and mainstream. His vision and leadership paved the way for innovation to take form in the shape of style.

Let's face it because of Steve Jobs, Apple is seen as and is considered cool. From the early days of the revived Macintosh to the introduction of the iPod and those cool white earphones, Steve Jobs made it all happen.

When it comes to digital music it is no coincidence that Apple is leading the competition in that area. Steve Jobs figured out how to bridge the gap between the traditional music world and the online needs that users have to both buy and consume music online. And because of it, we are now seeing many other companies provide a similar service which in the end benefits us as consumers. We may not realize it but the environment that Steve Jobs helped to create now gives us music cheaper, faster and available to us directly through our cell phones.

The cool factor that Steve Jobs brought to technology can also be seen in the iMac, MacBook, and the MacBook air. All of these devices can be seen as having a modern design to it and is what the younger generation both wants and appreciates.

The iPhone is a combination of Steve Jobs vision, leadership, and attention to detail. We thank Steve Jobs for all he has done for this industry and hope that he has instilled his vision to Apple allowing them to innovate for many more years to come. We have mixed feelings about news of his death and the Apple press conference, in some weird way Steve Jobs has left us with his most successful technological innovation.

Recent numbers by Net Applications suggest that Apple is continuing to dominate the market for several of their operating systems. The Apple iOS device such as unlocked iphone 4, ipad, etc. that manages their mobile device users appears to have 54.65% of global market share in September. This is up from the 53.04% reported in August. The Java ME platform came in at a distant second with 18.52% market share while Android right behind them with 16.25% market share. The remaining mobile operating systems in the report have Symbian coming in at 6.12% and Blackberry a measly 3.29% which is low compared to the market share Blackberry had no to long ago.

The Apple Mac OS X is also gaining ground in the computer operating space as well. This month has been their best yet coming in with a 6.25% market share which is slightly up from 6.03% in the previous month. Not surprisingly, Microsoft continues to dominate that space with a commanding 92.44% market share. Leaving little left in the market has Linux coming in at 1.11% which is very small and insignificant. Sure the market share will continue to change in Apple’s favor month over month but with such a commanding lead in the market, the apple percentage will be insignificant for a very long time.

As for the mobile operating systems, the upcoming release of the iPhone 5 should change the landscape once again in the coming months. More importantly this will be the first unlocked iPhone release without Steve Jobs. Will be interested to see how the sales and market share is impacted. If the past is any indication, iPhone 5 sales will be big over the next 3 months solidifying them as the leading company in the marketplace that is more and more crowded everyday.

Ever since the iPhone security bug that was transmitting location of your iPhone 4, several other handsets have had the same issues. Enter into the market a few HTC Android devices that have a similar problem to the iPhone but also goes a step further. It has been reported that there are several security flaws in some pre-installed software that HTC has been including with their Sensation and EVO 3D. There is a silent logging that allows for the following potentially dangerous activities:

SMS Data and Numbers

Don’t expect any privacy if you have the unlocked HTC Sensation or the EVO 3D. All your SMS Data and phone numbers are being tracked. They say it is on an anonymous level never having access to the specific names.

Phone Logs

Every call you make or receive is also being logged. No longer will wiping your history clear you phone. The information is being transmitted to the logging software that records all the activity.

GPS Location

Similar to the Apple unlocked iPhone 4 bug, the location of your phone is always being tracked by GPS and mapping out where it has been since you got the phone. Again this may be on an anonymous level but still important to note.

More than Just HTC

The troubling aspect of this security bug is that the information is not limited to HTC. Malicious app developers or curious ones can integrate a feature into the application to tap into your breached data and perhaps using it in ways that are less than ok. There have been no reports of malicious use but be aware that it is possible. The only way to rid yourself of this security flaw is to Root your phone which is not a simple thing that anyone can do.

HTC has commented on the issue and said that they are trying to resolve the issue in a timely manner. Since the vulnerability has been around for months we expect this issue to be resolves ASAP. There is no telling how many users are affected and the process that will be involved to have the issue fixed.

Apple is currently looking at a number of different possibilities for their upcoming unlocked iPhone releases. One of the things that the company is reportedly considering with the upcoming release of the iPhone six which is not currently being developed or scheduled is that they are going to be looking at working with a curved touchscreen. A number of other devices as of late have over the course of the past year or so. The curved touchscreen display is one that they have been working on for quite some time and is not currently the norm but is expected to become at some point in the very near future.

So far, the company has not released any official information, but Apple was reportedly contacted a number of their iPad, iPhone glass supply companies, including Lens Technology, G-Tech and Fuji Crystal to get an idea of exactly whether or not they will be able to help them in the long run. Her glass displays are not typical for smart devices and it would be interesting to see them included on the version of the iPhone after the current version is released.

To say the least, Apple has been able to put together an interesting array of different options available to users who are looking for an easy but smart smart device experience. The addition of the curved glass is a bit of a surprise, but Apple always seems to have something up their sleeve. It should be interesting to see if they are able to take that idea, run with it, and then have it become the norm. Look for Apple to confirm it at some point in the future if they are going to go with the curved glass design. We will likely have to wait quite a while for the iPhone 6 details to come anywhere close to being released to the public. I mean, we still do not even have that many details regarding the unlocked iPhone 5 at this time.

It has become increasingly clear that Apple will be unveiling their iPhone next month, and not when it was originally anticipated. The company has been releasing smart phones in a very predetermined way over the course of their history, but it is not clear to everyone why the company would choose to release it next month as opposed to the smoke. There have been a number of credible leaks regarding the phone, including a mysterious leak from Al Gore, who sits on the board of Apple saying that the phone was going to be released next month. Apple could easily update with the companies if my processor and eight megapixel camera, but it is not currently clear plans for the company.

Apple is the company that is continue to grow and is really push the boundaries of pop culture and mobile phones. The unlocked iPhone 4 is the most widely used on Earth by far, and this release is expected to be one of the biggest and highest for the company. It will be interesting to see how quickly Apple is able to address the rumors and make a solid confirmation on the date of the release of the phone. However, that appears to be part of their marketing strategy as they have always had various mysterious releases further I phones and other devices over the course of the last few years.

It will be interesting to see if they’re going to be able to put together a good release, as the release of the iPhone for, which is expected to go down in price with the release of the newest version, had a number of issues when it was originally launched. Hopefully their newest release goes much more smoothly, although I guess you have to expect some issues when their launches have become as large as they happen with the release of the last few phones.

The iPhone 5 is a device that has received a lot of attention, but no one quite expected it to live up to the hype that was the unlocked iPhone 4. The iPhone 4 was the best-selling smart device in the world in was released just 14 months ago, but now it appears that the iPhone 5 is in a position to surpass it easily. According to a number of different surveys conducted by analytics companies including the RBC Capital Markets Company that it’s been able to accurately predict market trends over the course of the last few years within the mobile market.

The survey also stated that 66% of the currently existing iPhone owners are planning to upgrade to the newest version of the device. This comes as a bit of a surprise since the upgrades for the device in the beginning anyway, the phone was not supposed to be a major upgrade over the previous version of the device. The demand has come as a bit of a surprise to the company and the fact that they are seeing such a demand.

The Apple iPhone 5 is a device that has become insanely popular over the course of the last few months since the phone was first announced by the company. Since that time they announced that the updates that the phone will be receiving are going to be even more then was seen over the previous upgrade of the device. This has brought many people to decide to give the iPhone 5 a try. It is apparent that the device is going to be able to exceed the demand that the company thought that it was going to, and continues to rise in popularity around the world. The phone is one that has exceeded the expectations of many and seems to be on a path to becoming one of the most popular devices ever released.

Conan O’Briant is known for spoofing items of pop culture that are currently making news. Now, it looks as though Conan O’Brien is looking to take on Apple, regarding their most recent unlocked iPhone 5 debacle. The company constantly has lost prototypes for their upcoming devices in bars, and after a recent incident, it appears as if Conan thought the time was right for him to make fun and light of the situation.

Instead of the individual who found the phone selling it to Gizmodo, they instead decided to hold onto it, prompting Apple to look for help from a local police department. The search that they received in conjunction with Apple was off the books, and was kind of something out of a movie. All of this reportedly happened in July in the San Francisco area with help from the San Francisco Police Department, with allegations that the San Francisco Police Department may have overstepped their bounds in what might not have been that big of a deal to anyone but Apple in the process. Now, predictably, Conan O’Brien has been able to make light of the situation on his popular talkshow, by making up a fictional vice president of marketing at Apple, who speaks on the situation and gives off a mob like God for the Apple Company.

This move was genuinely hilarious and as was it a lot of attention from the various mobile logs. It is good to see someone make fun of Apple and call them on the things that they do there seem so commonly throughout the mobile community. Overall, Apple has not commented on the spoof video Conan O’Brien released on his popular talk show, you can probably expect them to sweep it under the rug as they have done so many other controversies.

Apple has lost another prototype in a bar, which may bring the memories in the past from when they did the same thing. It is not known exactly why these prototypes have been lost in the bars, but it is apparent that Apple employees are meeting with one another at these locations that are accidentally leaving behind prototypes of some of their most popular devices. The most recent unreleased unlocked iPhone 5 prototype that was found in a bar was lost in the bar Cava22, a very popular bar in the San Francisco area. It was reported that Apple quickly tried to recover the device, and the phone was quickly track to a house in the San Francisco area.

Apple Loses another Prototype in a Bar

They were able to get to the house and find a young man in his 20s who had been in the bar earlier. The man, after being questioned and not knowing about the phone despite the fact that outlaws were not for the phone and also offered a no questions asked deal that would allow him to sell him the phone and never have to deal with any legal ramifications as a result. The phone was then later sold on craigslist for a total of $200 to acquire that turned out to be unknown. It is not currently clear house source knows of the sale, but it is clear that the phone did eventually end up on craigslist for a total of $200. If Apple continues to lose prototypes of their favorite devices in the bars I frequent, you can bet that they are going to have a hard time with being allowed to remove the protons from the company in the future. There have been multiple problems with these type of issues, you can bet that Apple is going to look for ways that they can nip this in the bud and continue to go about business as usual.